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Frank Heiny

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Not every assignment was about the soldiers, some were about the Vietnamese people they had been sent to protect. Frank Heiny remembers some of the other stories from his time in Vietnam and the effect of what he witnessed there. (7:46)

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Frank Heiny discusses working with the civilian media organizations in Vietnam, and having some of his work trickle out into broader publication. (2:06)

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A photographer in a warzone will no doubt see their share of violence, and Frank Heiny describes some of the darker photos they took and how they were used against the enemy. (5:53)

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Frank Heiny describes his last days in Vietnam, from an experience with an inconvenient water buffalo to a less than welcoming homecoming. His time in the war definitely had an impact on him, so much so he didn’t use a camera in the decade that followed. (10:35)

Frank Johnson

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In 1940, Frank Johnson transferred to LSU and joined ROTC. At Officer Candidate School, he became involved with Sound and Flash Ranging, which used audio and visual technology to locate enemy artillery. He attended that school and joined the 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. (This interview made possible with the support of WILLIAM C. ALEX.) (6:01)

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The reason Frank Johnson was in artillery dated back to his ROTC days, when he wanted a room near his friend. He joined a unit hear his home, but he wasn't near for long. It was time for a trip in a convoy to England. (This interview made possible with the support of WILLIAM C. ALEX.) (5:16)

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When he got to England, Frank Johnson was billeted in the home of a very nice English couple, where he drilled on an immaculate cricket field. Then he moved to Salisbury, right next to Stonehenge. While there, he saw General Patton speak to an assembly of officers. A few weeks after D-Day, it was his turn to cross the English Channel. (This interview made possible with the support of WILLIAM C. ALEX.) (4:27)

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After watching the bombing of Saint-Lo, Frank Johnson moved south and then east with Patton's 3rd Army. He was in a specialized Sound and Flash Ranging unit that spotted enemy artillery, but it was a while before he used the technology, which involved miles of wire and microphones. (This interview made possible with the support of WILLIAM C. ALEX.) (3:32)

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On the push across France into Germany, Frank Johnson spent a night in the old WWI trenches at Verdun. He was at Metz for two months in a siege of an old fort, where the Germans refused to surrender. He made his first foray into Germany at the town of Saarlautern. (This interview made possible with the support of WILLIAM C. ALEX.) (4:07)

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Near the end of the war, Frank Johnson led a small team of men to conduct shell reports to pinpoint a German battery that was harassing the infantry. This involved examining the patterns of soil in shell craters and led to several awards and a promotion. (This interview made possible with the support of WILLIAM C. ALEX.) (5:44)